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If for some insane reason you’ve already maxed out your 20,000 song limit on Google Play, we’ve got some good news: Google has increased the music storage limit to 50,000 songs! By more than doubling the free song storage capacity, Google has ensured the majority of music lovers out there that they will have a place to store all the songs they will probably never listen to. For the true music aficionados out there, this should allow you to add an N-Z section to your alphabetized digital collection.

Boy, oh boy, what a day. Today’s craziness all started at 7 a.m. PDT, when registration opened for Google I/O 2013. It was the usual Google clusterf****, with multiple issues ranging from error messages to Google Wallet disasters. It took about 55 minutes for the tickets to sell out, leaving those with Google Wallet issues, bank denials, and just plain infinitely spinning circles, furious. I can’t say I don’t blame them, as most of them certainly got hosed. Read More

Google is well known for their interactive Easter Eggs. They’ve been hidden in everything from searches to “About” screens, and keeping with the fun tradition of hunting for Easter Eggs, they’ve hidden a plethora of them in the new Google I/O page. Read More

It looks like the folks over at Disney sure enjoy playing Temple Run as they’ve once again teamed up with Imangi Studios to create a movie themed version of the famed endless running game. This time, you’ll find yourself following the yellow brick road — when possible. Read More

“Better late than never” they always say. If you’ve been holding off on ordering an official dock for your Nexus 7 in hopes it would eventually show up on the Play store, then today is your lucky day. If you head over to the Play store, you’ll find the dock is in stock and ready to be shipped — “soon.” Read More

One month and 144,000+ petition signatures later, the White House has responded to the outrage caused after the Librarian of Congress made it illegal to unlock a smartphone. When we say “unlock,” we are referring to the ability to unlock a subsidized device (on contract) and activate it on a carrier other than the one you bought it from. Read More

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The Urban Armor Gear series of cases for the LG G4 aim to protect and serve your mobile device in a virtual blanket of, well, urban armor. Designed from a patented lightweight composite consisting of a hard outer shell and a soft impact resistant core, this dual layer defense not only meets military drop-test standards (MIL STD 810G 516.6), but looks good doing it. Now, before I go into more detail, let it be know that I have always been more of an au naturel device kind of guy, but after a bit of time with the Ash colored LG G4 Urban Armor Case, I can tell you that this case won’t be coming off any time soon.

The DROID brand deserves the majority of credit for the amount of early success that the Android operating system had in 2009 and 2010. From the original Motorola DROID to the original DROID Incredible, this was the brand of phones that people flocked to if they wanted a phone outside of the iPhone, not just because of a great marketing campaign, but because these were top of the line phones. Ask most of the readers on this site which phone got them started on Android, and you shouldn’t be surprised to hear them say, “The OG DROID.” It’s an iconic phone that helped launch Android to the top.

It’s no secret that I enjoying gaming. I may not get to do it as much as I used to, but I still enjoy it when I can. That’s why I’m always experimenting with ways to improve my gaming experience on Android. Read More

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